hokkaido42.59° N, 140.81° E
Lake Toya
Lake Toya is a caldera lake in south-west Hokkaido, almost round and about ten kilometres across, with the forested islands of Nakajima at its centre and Mount Usu on its southern shore.
Twilight on Lake Toya, the Nakajima islands beyond
- Region
- Hokkaido
- Our journeys
- Two stay here
- Where we stay
- Hikari no Utaand Konosumika
Our tours stayA day on tourA Custom Tour of Japan
the place
A round lake in a volcano's crater, islands at its centre.
The lake and the volcanoes around it are a UNESCO Global Geopark. Mount Usu is reached by ropeway for the whole caldera below, and beside it stands Showa-Shinzan, the small red mountain that rose from a farmer's wheat field in the 1940s. On a clear day Mount Yotei stands to the north.
The Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido gives Lake Toya two nights at Hikari no Uta, a hillside ryokan with the lake spread below, and a private boat on the caldera. The Summer Tour of Hokkaido spends a night at Konosumika, whose lake-facing suites have their own open-air onsen, and in the evening fireworks go up over the water.
what we do here
Lake Toya, as we show it
A private boat
The almost perfect circle of the caldera, read from the water.
Mount Usu
The summit by ropeway, and the lake laid out below.
Showa-Shinzan from the Usuzan ropeway Showa-Shinzan
The red mountain that rose from a wheat field, and the story of the postmaster who measured it.
Mount Yotei
The cone called the Fuji of Hokkaido, standing beyond the northern shore.
The ryokan
Onsen turned to the lake, at Hikari no Uta and Konosumika.
where we stay
Where we stay in Lake Toya
Hikari no Uta
A hillside ryokan above the Toya caldera, the lake spread below and several rooms with their own open-air onsen.
On The Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido
Konosumika
A lake-facing suite with its own open-air onsen on the terrace, fireworks over the caldera every night of the summer.
On The Summer Tour of Hokkaido
our journeys here
The journeys that stay in Lake Toya
questions
Questions about Lake Toya
Which of your tours stay at Lake Toya?
The Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido spends two nights at Hikari no Uta, and the Summer Tour of Hokkaido a night at Konosumika, each a ryokan above the lake.
How do you reach Lake Toya?
By road from New Chitose Airport, about an hour and a half by private car, or from Sapporo in about two hours.
Can Lake Toya be part of a private journey?
Yes. The Custom Tour of Japan can bring Lake Toya into a journey created around your party alone, with Niseko, Noboribetsu or Hakodate before or after. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans the days for you.
Lake Toya, created for you alone.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Lake Toya can be any part of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.